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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Building a Children's Math Library

Latest Update: Dec 9, 2011...From this date forward I plan to only update the link at the top of the page...go there for ALL the books!!!
I try to update the following list on a regular basis. You can always access it from the link at the top of the home page.

Why Do I Keep Up This List?
1. I'm addicted to math-related children's books.
2. I teach continuing education courses utilizing this list and many of these books.
3. Most importantly, if you're interested in purchasing any of these books through Amazon, all commissions go toward foster care through Grace and Hope at no additional cost to you. I do not keep any money myself; I am hoping to be able to sponsor an additional child in foster care through commissions on this site. Thank you for your help! I've provided links but suggest that you look around if a book looks outrageously high. I've noticed that many of the OOP (out-of-print) books have multiple listings...some for pennies and some for hundreds of dollars, often for the same book. Please let me know of new books on the market.

Linking Children's Literature to Math
A few important notes about this list:

1. Book titles/authors are organized by concept. You may disagree with some of my categorization. I sometimes had a hard time deciding. Know that many of the books could fit multiple categories.

2. Over time, I'll be trying to add OOP notations to books as well as links to "reviews" and "lessons" within my blog.

3. New addition...I'm putting an "*" in front of a few of my favorite titles. Usually it's just because I truly enjoy the book as a good literature. (I was a language arts and literature teacher before I became obsessed with math!) Sometimes a book becomes a favorite because it made a lesson come alive. Sometimes it's just because. Plenty of great books don't have "*"...and some that you love may not be marked.

Roman NumeralsFun With Roman Numerals, David Adler (new!)
Roman Numerals, David Adler (this is the book I own which I don't see on Amazon. I'm wondering if it's an older version of Fun With Roman Numerals??)Roman Numerals I to MM, Arthur Geisert

Ok, so this list is just AMAZING. I am going to link to this on Serious Moms, for sure! And for now, I just printed a copy for myself (I hope that's ok) to look up all of these at the library. I think this is going to help A LOT. I'm struggling with 1 particular kid with math. When he get's it, he GETS it--but it takes him a while to get it....Like a good hour working on one math worksheet, while I get sleepy and totally bored and frustrated...Ugh. Maybe a different approach will work better!! Yay! Thank you! :)

Wow, what a fabulous list! And thank you so much for including my books. I'm working on a picture book right now on a math topic that has been almost totally neglected, yet kids start learning about it even in Kindergarten... wish I could spill the beans right now. It should be out in Fall of 2011 if all goes well. I'm bookmarking this list, too!

This is a fantastic resource, thank you for sharing. I would love to get some of these from the library or Amazon for my two. As the range is so wide and I can't get them all, is there any way of rating those you or others found most successful in the different areas and also giving an idea of age appropriateness?

HI and thank you! If you look at the updated list (on the index at the top of the page), you'll find more links to lesson ideas and book reviews. That will help. I also have my own rating/star system, although it's hard to rate them because what I like changes so much depending on the exact concept I'm teaching. For age appropriateness, you can start with the suggestions from Amazon, although that can really vary as well. I try to focus on concept, because if the concept fits, it's likely the age will, even if the suggested age is slightly higher or lower. You might just want to check out a stack and see what your kids like and then get another stack, etc... Thanks for stopping by!